We spoke American Public Radio's Shanghai Correspondent Rob Schmitz at the 2017 Sydney Writers' Festival about how to report on China's economy when the country's leading politicians admit GDP figures are mostly 'man-made' and why Rob has higher hopes for Chinese millennials than American.
John Eligon is the New York Times race reporter based in Kansas City, Missouri. Host Olivia Rosenman spoke to Eligon about his collaboration with ABC Foreign Correspondent, Through American Eyes. Eligon's impressions and observations from his trip around the country, from Sydney to Kununurra, Brisbane to Murray Island, make for thought provoking listening.
An interview with Andrew Quilty, who has covered Afghanistan since late 2013, when he arrived to work as a photojournalist just as NATO troops were beginning to withdraw. In the four years since, he has captured the ongoing conflict there with stunning photography that documents the trauma of a 40 year war and the impact of extremist groups and foreign forces in the country. His work won him the 2016 Gold Walkley for Excellence in Australian journalism.
Broadcast from the Walkley's 2017 Storyology conference, host Olivia Rosenman spoke with a panel of four of the world's top investigative journalists about how they decide which topics to pursue and whether the end always has to justify the means. With Aaron Glantz, senior reporter with Reveal from the US Center for Investigative Reporting, Gerard Ryle, Director of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), Kate McClymont, Fairfax Media senior journalist and Siddharth Varadarajan, Founding Editor of The Wire in India.
Jenn White, host of the recent NPR podcast Making Oprah, stopped by the 2SER studio to talk podcasts, public media and the future of on-demand audio. Hosted by Olivia Rosenman.
An interview with the 2017 Boyer Lecturer, Professor Genevieve Bell, about how we live in world ruled by technology data and algorithms. Bell describes technological solutions to fake news and considers Australia's role in our globalised, online world. Bell is one of the world's top technologists and the head of the Australian National University's Autonomy, Agency and Assurance Institute.
El Chigüire Bipolar (the Bipolar Capybara) is a Venezuelan news website in that won the 2017 Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent. The satirical website covers Venezuela’s current political and economic turmoil, and provides independent reporting in contrast to the country’s state-owned media. With Elio Casale (Founder) and Jesus Roldan (Editor), hosted by Olivia Rosenman.
Examining the life and legacy of the celebrated (and controversial) Danish architect Jørn Utzon, on the centenary of his birth.
National Sword - 99% Invisible: China used to buy most of America's (and Australia's, and Canada's) recycling - we sorted it, they recycled it. Then, in 2018, the Chinese Government surprised the world with a new policy, 'National Sword' (国门利剑), that banned the import of most foreign waste. A stab straight to the heart of waste management! This typically excellent episode of 99pi explains the impact of China's decision, inspires outrage at the messed up geo/sociopolitical world order that got us in this murky situation in the first place, and forces you to think about the 'recyclable' waste you produce.